Following allegations of multimillion-euro tax avoidance through profit transfers abroad, the General Electric site in Belfort, eastern France, has undergone a new raid eight months after the initial investigation. The investigation was initiated by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) based on a report filed by Fabien Roussel, the national secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF), in July 2019
The Netherlands is set to lend F-16 fighter jets to aid in Ukraines F-16 training in Romania. Putting pen to paper in Madrid on August 30, Netherlands Minister of Defence Kajsa Ollongren, together with her Romanian counterpart Angel Tîlvăr and Lockheed Martin's Filippo Marchetti, signed this decision
Sensor solution provider HENSOLDT and ERA are offering the Passive Surveillance System VERA-NG to the German Luftwaffe. ERA is a company focused on Air Traffic Control (ATC) and passive surveillance systems for air surveillance, air defense, and electronic warfare
General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) – Bridge Systems and Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) have presented for the first time the ANACONDA tactical bridge-laying system mounted on a high-mobility 8x8 HX2 carrier vehicle at the 5th User Forum Armament and Utilization – RÜ.NET 2023 conference held on August 30 - 31 in Koblenz
The Pentagon awarded Raytheon, an RTX business, a contract valued $7 million to develop and assess the GhostEye MR radar, an advanced medium-range sensor for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS). These are the first government contracts for GhostEye MR, a multi-mission radar designed and developed by Raytheon via internal research and development investments
Buoyed by the excellent results by drones in its war against Russia, Ukraine has plans to buy or manufacture up to 200,000 UAVs worth an estimated $1.09 Billion by the year-end
Thales and Schiebel have announced the completion of the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for the UK Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Peregrine Programme. It marks an important step towards the final delivery of the CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS Peregrine System, which is a rotary wing Uncrewed Air System (UAS) which aims to provide a protective ‘eye in the sky capability for Royal Navy warships
Delegates from the Australian Defense Science Technology Group and Royal Australian Navy engaged in discussions with their counterparts from the Republic of Singapore Navy to explore the advancement and progression of autonomous maritime systems. During Indo-Pacific Endeavour, the discussions in Singapore centered around the shared interest in robotics, autonomous systems and artificial intelligence (RAS-AI), and how both partner nations can collaborate on this technology
Pakistani and Chinese Air Forces on Wednesday began the Shaheen-X exercise in which the PAF deployed for the first time, the J10-CE aircraft, considered a competitor to the Dassault Rafale fighter. The PAF had started to acquire a squadron of J10-CE fighters starting in 2021, soon after India began receiving Rafale aircraft from France
Navantia has been awarded a contract worth €159 million to construct two coastal hydrographic vessels (BHC) for the Italian Navy. These new vessels will run on biofuels and replace the Antares vessel, which dates back to the 1970s, and the sole remaining operational ship from the Castor-class quartet